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Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
Dr. Ruder, a board certified facial plastic surgeon, specializes in areas such as otoplasty and microtia.
Hyperhidrosis Treatment
Dr. Rafael Reisfeld is a pioneer in the treatment of those suffering from excessive sweating.
Excessive sweating and hyperhidrosis
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Los Angeles Varicose Veins
A leader in treating those surfering from varicose veins Dr. Saines has been in private practice for over 20 years.
Baby Bedding
Dr. Brann who has delivered thousands of happy babies into this world decided to create a Maternity and Baby store that caters to women before and after pregnancy.
Lasik Eye Surgeons
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Podiatrist
At Foot & Ankle Center of Washington, based in Seattle, our podiatrists, Dr. Douglas Hale and Dr. Lawrence Huppin, meet all problems of the feet and ankles

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Back Pain NY
Dr. Marco Caruso in NY specializes in providing treatments that are aimed at relieving chronic back pain.

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Ocular Nutrition
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Get Involved

Voters Injured at Work.
An organization just for injured workers and their families
http://www.viaw.org/

Register to Vote
You can register online. Make sure all your friends are registered to vote. Stay informed. Keep them informed.
http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_vr.htm

Find your Legislators
Enter your zip code and find your California State Assemblyperson and State Senator
Then let them know what that you vote and you don’t like the way injured workers are being treated by the new laws.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html

Project Vote Smart
National organization that collects information on U.S. elected officials
http://www.vote-smart.org/

Workers’ Compensation

Division of Workers Compensation
Lots of information from the State of California about California Workers’ Compensation basics and a list of approved Medical Provider Networks (MPN)
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/

Workers Compensation Appeals Board
Forms on line, the WCAB Policy and Procedures Manual, the California Labor Code, Title 8 Regulations and important decisions of the WCAB.
http://www.dir.ca.gov/wcab/wcab.htm

Commission on Health Safety and Workers Compensation
Studies and reports on worker safety. Workers compensation educational materials, including Guidebooks and Fact Sheets for injured workers.
http://www.dir.ca.gov/chswc/chswc.html

DWC Medical Unit
Includes a Qualified Medical Examiner database and "Evaluation Guidelines."
http://www.dir.ca.gov/IMC/imchp.html

California Self-Insurance Plans
List of qualified Self-Insured employer, Joint Powers Authorities and Third Party Administrators
http://www.dir.ca.gov/SIP/sip.html

DWC Educational Conference
Information about Medicare Set-asides
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/educonf12/CMS/CMS.html

Medicare Set-aside Checklist
CMS checklist for Medicare set-aside proposals
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicare/cob/pdf/wcchecklist.pdf

Workers Compensation Links for all 50 states and DC
http://www.comp.state.nc.us/ncic/pages/all50.htm

Disability

State Disability and Unemployment Benefits (EDD)
Includes on-line claim forms for State Disability Insurance and Unemployment Insurance
http://www.edd.cahwnet.gov/eddhome.htm

Social Security Disability
Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income Homepage. Check your eligibility. Learn what is available
http://www.ssa.gov/disability/

How does workers compensation affect Social Security Disability?
http://tinyurl.com/6w84y

Social Security
Death Benefits, Retirement Benefits and Disability
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/

Workplace Safety And Occupational Health

California Dept. of Industrial Relations
Includes all required work-place postings and notices
http://www.dir.ca.gov/

Dept. of Occupational Safety and Health
How to file an occupational health and safety complaint
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/workerspage.htm

Federal O.S.H.A.
The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. This is the links to safety and health topics page. The whole site is available from here also.
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/index.html

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
This site has information about chemical hazards in the workplace and other workplace safety information
http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000ec09

Discrimination

Labor Standards Enforcement
Locations of offices and on-line forms for filing discrimination and wage claims.
http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSE/dlse.html

Americans with Disabilities Act
Department of Justice information about the ADA.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/

Insurance

California Dept. of Insurance
Includes a comparison guide to workers compensation insurance rates. Also, has "Insurance Guides" for auto and home-owners insurance, but not for workers compensation.
http://www.insurance.ca.gov/

S.C.I.F.
State Compensation Insurance Fund is the largest workers compensation insurer in California. This site helps you find medical providers approved under their plans.
http://www.scif.com/MedFinder/medfinder_fset.htm

Zenith
Find a medical provider in the Zenith network
http://www.thezenith.com/zenith_web/webui/employers/emp_med_network.jsp

Doctors And Lawyers

C.A.A.A.
The California Applicants Attorneys Association, has information and an attorney locator for your area of California.
http://caaa.org/

CSIMS
California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery
http://www.csims.net/default.asp

WILG
The Work Injury Law and Advocay Group, a nationwide organization. Find a workers compensation attorney in any state.
http://www.wilg.org/index.asp

California State Bar
Find a licensed attorney, find out if an attorney has been disciplined, find a Certified Specialist, read the Rules of Professional Conduct
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar/calbar_home.jsp

California Medical Board
Includes license search for Medical Doctors "Check your doctor on-line" and "Guidelines for prescribing controlled substances for pain."
http://www.medbd.ca.gov/

California Chiropractic Board
License search for chiropractors
http://www.chiro.ca.gov/licsearch/

Rehabilitation

CARRP California Association of Rehabilitation & Reemployment Professionals
http://www.carrp.org/

Other Licensees

Consumer Affairs Dept. License look-up
Includes contractors, physical therapists, barbers, everyone who has to have a license from the state.
http://www2.dca.ca.gov/pls/wllpub/wllquery$.startup

Corporations

California Business Search
Search for a information on corporations, Agent for Service of Process
http://kepler.ss.ca.gov/list.html

California Legislation And Courts

Legislative Information
Information about California Assembly and Senate bills, California Laws and Legislative Publications. Read the laws the legislature is voting on.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/

California Court Opinions
Supreme and Appellate Court opinions published within the last 120 days, even unpublished opinions for a limited time only.
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/

WCAB Opinions
En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB
http://www.dir.ca.gov/wcab/wcab_dars.htm

Education Medical/Legal

California Workers Compensation Institute
Organization of Insurers
http://www.cwci.org/

National Library of Medicine
Includes Medline and Medline Plus
http://locatorplus.gov/

Workcomp Central
This one requires a paid registration, but it is full of up to date news
http://www.workcompcentral.com/

A Guide to Legal Literacy
An overview of how the U. S. legal system works by Professor Erwin Chemerinsky
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/calbar/pdfs/publications/legalliteracy2001.pdf

Nolo Press
Lots of do-it-yourself legal books on workers compensation, work-placed rights, sexual harassment,etc. They also have books on personal injury, wills and all aspects of law.
http://tinyurl.com/47seu

Work Rights Press
The Legal Rights of Union Stewards, Family Medical Leave Handbook
http://www.workrightspress.com/index.html

University of West Los Angeles
The ultimate in do-it-yourself law. Become a lawyer or paralegal at my alma mater.
http://www.uwla.edu/

ACOEM
They wrote the book that is California law about the recommended treatment of occupational injuries and illnesses
http://www.acoem.org/

National Guideline Clearinghouse
A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
http://www.guideline.gov/index.aspx

Cochrane Collaboration
An international, non-profit organization. The library has regularly updated evidence-based healthcare databases. Not particularly easy to use.
http://www.cochrane.org/index0.htm

MedBioWorld
Medical Link Directories and General Medical Portals
http://www.sciencekomm.at/links/medicine.html

PDR Health
The public site of the publisher of the Physicians Desk Reference. Information from pharmaceutical industry sources about prescription, non-prescription and herbal medicines.
http://www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/

Online Orthopedic Textbook.
Nicely indexed orthopedic information
http://www.wheelessonline.com/

Pain

The American Pain Society for people in pain
http://www.ampainsoc.org/

The American Pain Foundation
http://www.painfoundation.org/

Immigration

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a Division of the Homeland Security Department
http://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm

Traffic

Traffic reports for major metropolitan areas in California
http://www.sigalert.com/

CalTrans
Highway conditions and warnings for State Highways
http://www.dot.ca.gov/cgi-bin/roads.cgi

L.A. County Dept of Public Works
Road closures in the County of Los Angeles
http://ladpw.org/mpm/roadclosure/?CFID=4495300&CFTOKEN=33791527

News And Fun Stuff

Arnold Watch
What is the Governator up to now?
http://www.arnoldwatch.org/

Rough and Tumble
A daily compilation of news about California
http://www.rtumble.com/

CorpWatch
Holding corporations accountable
http://www.corpwatch.org/

Democracy Now
The premier radio, television and web-based news hour from the Left. Free from corporate dominance.
http://www.democracynow.org/

There is no Crisis
Is Social Security really going "bankrupt?" No. Would "private accounts" mean big bucks to Wall Street? Yes. Do we want to gamble with our future?
http://www.thereisnocrisis.com/node/2964

NPR
National Public Radio’s home page
http://www.npr.org/

Pacifica Radio
Independent listener supported radio
http://www.pacifica.org/

Political Cartoons
Today’s best cartoon from various cartoonists
http://www.cagle.com/politicalcartoons/